May Empties!

Sorry this is late everyone, been on my holidays (will do a little blog post for you).

I have £21.50 in my lovely money box so far and this is what I used up in May..

Avon Naturals Strawberry Moisturising Body Scrub  - wow this smells good enough to eat! Full size and I've just looked on Avons website and it's currently on special offer for £1.25.  Will be stocking up on these!

Radox Moisturising Shower Therapy Gel with Camomile and Jojoba Oil - nice shower gel, I always repurchase these when they are on special offer in the supermarket.

£2 in the money box.

Two sample sizes of FAB cleanser - if you read my blog you will know I love this cleanser! My skin has really cleared up after a week in the sun and with the FAB cleanser I still get a few blemishes so maybe its time to try something new...

Taaj Make Up Remover - love this product, gets my make-up off quickly including my eye make up.  Can be a little drying but that's being picky!

All sample sizes so £1.50 added to the money box.

 

Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recover Mask 15ml sample size - 75ml full size retails at £33.50 on their website.  I wouldn't repurchase this, I couldn't see any difference in my skin.

Renu Radiant Skin Peel 5ml - 100ml retails for £32.50 on their website.  I loved this product, made my skin look much clearer and it really did look radiant! £32.50 is a bit out of my price range but 100ml would last for ages so I'm going to keep an eye out to see if they do any special offers because I NEED this product!

Another £1 added.

3 Sample Size perfumes

Vanitas Versace 5ml - 50ml is £40.80 on this website

Fan Di Fendi 4ml - 50ml is £56.50 on this website

Elie Saab 1ml - 50ml is £56.00 on this website

Love all three of these perfumes!

£1.50 added

Revlon PhotoReady Foundation full size and retails at £12.99 at Boots

I like this foundation, it provides really good coverage, has good staying power and is a nice colour match to my pale skin.

Collection 2000 nail polish remover - I wouldn't purchase this again as it contains acetone and I'm trying to only use acetone free removers to stop my nails drying out.

Both full size so £2 in the money box.

FAB Body Moisturiser sample size - nice product unscented and suitable for sensitive skin.  The bottle is poorly designed though as its hard to get the product out. Wouldn't repurchase.

SteamCream - got this in my last Carmine box.  Love the design of the tin, I will keep this and put hair clips in (I'm always on the hunt for hair clips, they seem to get everywhere!).  The cream was lovely, nice and light but a little bit too heavily scented for me. 

I didn't love it enough to repurchase.

In goes another £1.50

So thats another £9.50 added to the money box bringing the total up to £31!

Lux Box - April

New beauty box on the block this month - Lux Box.  I tried to resist temptation but signed up the day before subscriptions closed.


My first box was delivered this morning.......

Hard to describe the colour of this box - quite like it though!

Packaged like all the other boxes.

Six good sized products.

Couldn't believe it though - I have had nearly all these products in other beauty boxes!!

Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream.  Retails at £14 for this 10ml sample.

This is the only product that I haven't received in another beauty box. I like the products from Balance Me and I'm really getting into natural products at the moment so I'm looking forward to trying this out.

Steamcream.  Full size and retails at around £10.

I had this in my last ever Carmine box (boohoo miss Carmine) it's a really nice light cream that can be used on both your face and body. I love the designs on the tin.  I have two unopened tins so will add this third one to the pile!

MOA The Green Balm.  

This is a 100% natural balm that can be used for anything from cleansing to putting on cold sores! I have one of these from a Latest in Beauty box, I've never really used it as not really sure what to do with it - I'll have a good read on their website.

The pot doesn't say how much it contains, I'm guessing around 5ml, making the sample worth £1.66.

Eldora False Lashes in H101. These are £4.25 on Eldora's website.

Again I received these in a previous Carmine box.  I don't really wear false lashes and I'm building up quite a collection - may have to start wearing them soon.

BM Beauty Eyeshadows.  These are 100% natural mineral eyeshadows.

I got the shades Her Majesty and Marble Sparkle. Her Majesty is  pink with a gold sheen, Marble Sparkle is shimmery grey. These are both 1g sample pots and 2g full size products retail at £7 each making these worth £3.50 each.

I got Her Majesty in Februarys Glossybox and swapped it so this one will probably be up for swaps too, but I would like to try some different colours.

Right then my impressions on LuxBox - there are so many beauty boxes in the market now that they need to stand out from the competition to win new customers and to keep existing ones.  

I think if you don't subscribe to any other boxes then this is a really good box.  As most people I know subscribe to more than one box then they will probably have received at least one of the items in a previous beauty box.

The same brands seem to be repeating in the boxes and I think that if a box is featuring a brand that has been in a competitors box then the person in charge of buying should make sure that the product is different.

As I posted at the weekend I will only be keeping one other box than Glossybox (I have a 12 month subscription) and I don't know if LuxBox will be it :(.

Did you get a LuxBox?  What did you think of yours?